Not going to bore you with a long post, but day 1 of camp is in the books, and a funny thing happened on the way to the cellar. The team was happy. Smiling. Having fun. For all the talk of Harbaugh and the record, he sure seemed to suck the fun out of the building. “Who;s got it better than us?” became a cliche that I’m sure the team rolled its eyes at. At least among the vets. The heavyhandedness is gone, and according to Matt Maiocco (another glad-handing media type looking for brownie points) the team seemed to be in great spirits and ready to take on the challenge of losing their Supercalafragelisticexpialadocious leader in St. Jim Harbaugh.
I mean really, the team HAS to hit the shitter because of the void left by that gimormous personality. Right. More like Ego. He placed himself into practice as a look-at-me-hang-with-the-guys type rather than be their coach. That’s fine and all, but not when the same guy that wants to be one of the guys suddenly says shit like no cards on plane rides. No loud music in the locker room. No fun other than driving all the players to distraction. You can’t play it both ways.
I said a couple days ago on this very bog that the players being happy campers guarantees zilch in the win column, but it does engender some ownership from the players to push the youngsters to get themselves ready for the bog-time. Harbaugh created and ‘us-vs-them’ attitude ward the front office, but he also put himself above the players by treating them like a college team and this grated on the vets.
I look at it through the lens of a successful coach like Bruce Bochy. He;s not a table-flipping bullshit flinging coach like so many in baseball. For all his country drawl and backwoods rambling lies a very acute baseball mind. He shoots straight with the players, and is forthcoming with the front office. He trusts his vets to hold the fort down, but isn’t afraid to do the necessary things to ensure the team puts its best effort out there. Behind the scenes. He doesn’t give semi-incoherent rambling pressers, or giving any rah-rah bullshit either. Tomsula strikes me a a more straightforward guy who will be in that mold rather than the hype generator that Harbaugh was. For all his coaching success, Harbaugh has one Orange bowl victory, and one NFC Championship to show for his chutzpah and bravado. Good luck in the Big House, Jim, but I ain’t gonna miss you all that much.
Forty Niners Forever 
Why would you have hope that Baalke will magically turn shit to gold by moving up 10 spots in the draft?
More glad-handing from the national media.
http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/5-49ers-related-Questions-with-ESPN-Insider-John-Clayton/abd810d4-0249-419f-9413-a6112b033bf0
Vaya con dios.
Seeya Cowboy Koolio
There’s the insane asylum and then there is the “V Asylum” a mixture of the weird and unfathomable with pure fantasy and right wing politics thrown in.
Yes, but in the V asylum there are a lot of computers.
Time to find out if Dr. Phil can look under the hood. Yikes…..unfit for television!
So, NoFear, every negative tidbit isn’t held up as a shining example of the upcoming suckitude in your world? Do you read the blog you post on?
It is but to laugh. Look at the response to the o line being shakey after ONE fucking day of practice.
If you have been paying attention, the O line is one of the biggest problems with this team. It was a big problem last year. A problem discussed many times here in recent memory. But you know that.
In your world though, it wasn’t a problem. This is a brand new issue that didn’t exist before (where have I heard this before?). Everything was beautiful before the current regime came in. Despite the 8-8 record and the shitty line play and the front office miasma of bullshit and self-generated turmoil.
Go ahead and keep acting like the 49ers would be super bowl favorites if Harbaugh was still here.
Utter and complete bullshit revisionist hypocrisy. The Niners were 25/1 with Harbaugh still on the team. What does that tell you? That they were on their way? No. The vegas line was down because the team was not playing well. Injuries kill, yes, but the defense came through despite injuries. The offense, and especially the offensive line, didn’t.
I smell football, and it smells good! Let the games begin
Hey let some air out of those balls!
…..and fix the turf.
Right. The turf deal is getting gold. A billion dollar stadium and you can’t fix the grass? Stop having a million events on it and let it grow.
That might help.
“Stop having a million events on it and let it grow.”
That might help. Ya think. I guess it’s gonna be hard for Jed to have a nice big stadium and not use it for other venues. He’s just gonna have to buck-up and deal with it. The Niners have to come first.
Goddamm its taking a long time for whitesnake to get on stage.
Omg
Where r u ROB??
Hard rock Orlando for whitesnake ” the purple tour”
Wow what an awesome show. I hope they do a DVD
On the “other” blog “Constant Fear” is lamenting the loss of Harbaugh……again.
Don’t listen to nofear. He still has a hard-on for Nolan. Well, after the Viagra.
Senseless? I thought you were a military guy, nofear. If you called one of your commanders a pussy to his face, he’d let that slide? Right. Tell me another bedtime story, pops.
Constant fear. I like it, Nippy.
Love this piece from PFT on Jimmy Graham “preparing” to block.
Smack his A$$ around long enough and he’ll disappear.
Biggest headache with him is his height.
He wins the jump ball matchup pretty consistently.
http://tinyurl.com/pxtlx3j
Screw graham . that being said NJ he couldn’t even out jump cox last time we played
I’m guessing Dontae Johnson will be a good answer to Graham Rob.
Chris Cook and Dontae are both listed at 6’2″.
We just need to be very physical with him.
Seattle got into his head and, basically beat him both mentally, and physically in there Playoff matchup.
Ironically, he got traded there, and needed to repair some bad blood created by Seattle’s D calling him soft.
Looking forward to seeing what Mangini has in store for him coverage-wise when the time comes.
Chuck I missed one for you the other night –
A little Robert Plant…
Hey Winder…about the theory we share about Indian Spirits at Levis Stadium.
Could it be a local influence from Fresno?
Pat and Lolly Vegas?
AKA…Redbone?
Maybe we need to….Chant 13th Hour?
These guys were a fun Funk Band back ‘In the Day’ …..
NJ – thanks for the Redbone. I am not one to discount any spirits but I think the grass at Levi’s is due more to overuse and incompetence
Looks like these guys are still going too.
CD from 2014 – Peacepipe.
Damn it!
I am Somebody…
Make that 2012. Close enough?
Here’s one just for fun because it came up on my iPod – Haven’t heard it in awhile. Good tune.
Lonnie Mack – Riding the Blinds –
Show of hands.
In the Summertime, do you think of Ray Dorset?
The iPod is treating me very well tonight 😀
Lots of good tunes getting piped into my brain.
And since we’re going Mungo Jerry –
Gotta spin San Francisco Bay Blues….
The kazoo section was great!
Great song.
Attack of the killer V? Well played sir.
Man, have t heard Redbone in years………….
I think of Janis Joplin when I hear Summertime.